Come and buy a Hershey's Kiss and a chance to win a quilt each month! The Bobbinheads Friendship group will be donating a quilt monthly as a fund raiser for the Guild. For $5 a "Kiss", you get a ticket and a chance to be one of the lucky winners! Watch for the first quilt in January.
The Treasure Table Trio would like to thank all of you who helped us make this a very successful year in our little corner of the room. We brought in $1,831 this year! We had great fun with the Treasure Basket (Susan's clever idea!) and filling it with goodies. Many of those treasures were donated to us by our members, so thank you for your encouragement and support. We look forward to continuing next year.
Sharon, Barbara and Ann
Just an end-of-year update on our guild's Friendship Circles participation.
Our Guild has 12 active groups which have been established for many years. One group has been active for forty years and several for fifteen or more!
We have three new groups that just started up this year, and they have 43 members total and growing! The new groups include:
-a bag/tote group
-the Singer Featherweight Group
-an art quilt group.
So we have a total of fifteen groups. Some of the newer groups still have openings and Jeanette and Tom Blackburn are adding an additional meeting day each month to the Featherweight Group. So, if you can't make the meeting on the second Thursday of the month, now you can go to the meeting on the third Wednesday of each month. Or treat yourself and go to both meetings at the San Marcos Senior Center.
I won't have a table at our Holiday party meeting, but please come see me in January if you're interested in finding a group that interests you. Or let me help you start your own Friendship Circle!
Karen Brow-Meier
01 Mary Shackelford
03 Barbara Coppola
04 Jane Dunmeyer
09 Maryann Donovan
10 Trisha Bresser
13 Elizabeth Galati
16 Joyce Jesko
17 Suzanne Appelman
17 Joyce Ford
18 Kristin Schnieders
20 Marette de Jong
20 Nancy Hanson
21 Linda Jackoway
22 Sharon Kleven
24 Julia Hall
26 Karen Pendergast
27 Gretchen Clare
27 Carol Lee
29 Dixie Mulligan
29 Mindy Schultz
30 Cheri McClow
GUILD BANK BALANCE OCTOBER 1, 2023
Checking. $11,325
Savings. $52,097
Income
Workshops $253
Guild Challenge $40
Treasure Table $137
Name Badges $60
Tote Bags $75
Retreat 2024 dep. $450
Membership $150
Holiday Luncheon $730
Cece's Pie $66
R2CA Bus Trip $900
Sign Rentals $50
Wintertide Pre-Sales $251
TOTAL $3,162
Expenses
Program $456
Venue Rent $542
Bank Fees $10
All Space Storage $4,134
CA. Dept. of Justice $50
Postage, envelopes $44
Retreat Refunds $300
Website 12 months $135
Holiday Luncheon $62
TOTAL $5,733
GUILD BANK BALANCE OCTOBER 31, 2023
Checking $8,421
Savings $52,097
Jeanette Blackburn, Treasurer
Oh! I am so excited to see December here at last! It has taken forever to come around, and I just love the chaos of decorating, attending parties, presents to buy and make, packages to wrap, cookies to bake. Actually, it seems like we just took down the decorations from last year. I feel overwhelmed every year, even when I start preparing in July. Never enough time. I miss the days when Mom and Dad did all of the work and I just got nervous about the waiting. Sleepless nights, wondering what was under the tree. More pajamas? Underwear? Maybe I was good enough to get that Pinto pony with the silver saddle. He could stay in the basement. I would train my pony to climb the basement stairs, go out the door and potty outside!
I never got that pony, of course, and a lot of other things I really thought I wanted at the time. But I was left with wonderful memories of family and food. I now look back on the year and how quickly it passed by, not finding enough time to smell the roses as often as I'd like. I get melancholy during the Holidays, but I feel blessed to wake up each morning. It would be nice to wake up without pain, but I will take whatever comes my way. I find JOY in shopping and feeling fabric. And if ever I get around to finishing a project, I REJOICE! Hiding in my sewing room, being creative and making one big mess after another, makes me HAPPY!
Maybe I will start working on the Holidays this coming January. Perhaps I will just leave the decorations up all year, and then I am pretty sure I will have enough time to relax and enjoy the Season. And I am wishing for a New Year full of promise. Like, I promise to clean up my sewing room!
Wishing you all a Holiday full of good cheer, love and bobbins that never run out of thread!
Jeanette Blackburn, editor
The balance for the February Retreat is due on December 12, 2023 at the Guild meeting, or you can mail your check to Debbie Johnson. This payment must be made with a check payable to Vina De Lestonnac. Any questions, call or email Jo Anne Foster or Debbie Johnson.
GUILD BANK BALANCE NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Checking. $8,421
Savings. $52,097
Income
Workshops. $510
Guild Challenge. $105
Treasure Table. $215
Name Badges. $40
Tote Bags. $30
Holiday Luncheon. $640
Bus Trip. $1,050
Opportunity Quilt. $153
Wintertide Sales. $2,660
Total. $5,403
Expenses
Venue Rent. $542
Bank Fee. $9
Cube Smart storage. $4,236
Treasure Table. $39
Printing-1/2 deposit. $473
Road2CA. admission tickets. $658
Bus Parking Pass R2CA. $40
Refunds for Retreat. $336
Refunds for Bus Trip. $75
Holiday Party Refunds. $20
Total. $6,428
GUILD BANK BALANCE NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Checking. $10,770
Savings. $52,098
Bank Balance on September 1, 2023
Checking Account $12,856
Savings Account $52,097
Income
Workshops $725
Membership $180
Retreat 2024 Deposits $600
Challenge Quilt $111
Name Tags $20
Treasure Table $263
Tote Bags $45
Bus Trip (Road2CA) $150
TOTAL INCOME $2,114
Expenses
Programs/Workshops $1,703
Venue Rent-Oct. $542
Oceanside ( one time fee) $100
Retreat Refund $150
CA. Dept. of Justice $150
SCCQG Renewal $40
Liability Insurance $1,034
Batting for Cuddles $782
Treasure Table $10
Bank Fees $6
TOTAL EXPENSES $4,517
Ending Balance September 30, 2023
Checking Account $11,325
Savings Account $52,097